Metropolia LibGuides: Information Resources for Culture: Theses

Find information on where to search for UAS, master's, doctoral and other theses (mainly Finnish resources).

Be careful when citing theses since their quality can vary. However, theses can be a good starting point for your search.

Theses can be useful in providing an example of what kind of research has been done on your subject.
Bibliographies can provide useful tips on other relevant research.

Theseus gives you online access to theses and publications from Finnish universities of applied sciences.

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Finna.fi is a good place to start looking for theses and dissertations from other universities.

Universities also have digital archives of their publications, some examples below:

OATD Open Access Theses and Dissertations OATD aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 600 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations.
EThOS - UK doctoral theses EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service which aims to maximise the visibility and availability of the UK’s doctoral research theses. There’s no need to login to search EThOS, view the records, read abstracts or follow links to other repositories. You only login to download full theses directly from EThOS.